North County crime blotter

CARLSBAD: Three men were taken into custody on suspicion of shoplifting at Sears in the Westfield Plaza Camino Real at 6:16 p.m. Jan. 11, a report states. When officers arrived, they cited two men and released them, and the third was arrested and taken to the Vista jail.

CARLSBAD: A man in the 900 block of Sea Wind Court reported at 7:50 a.m. Jan. 9 that a used transmission had been stolen from the bed of his pickup. He told police it might have been taken by someone who came to look at it the night before but didn’t buy it.

CARLSBAD: A caller at 4:43 p.m. Jan. 11 reported that a group of 50 or more people was fighting and someone was videotaping it in the 300 block of Carlsbad Village Drive. The group dispersed when police responded.

CARLSBAD: Someone reported at 10:06 a.m. Jan. 11 that video games and DVD sets worth $2,000 were taken sometime during the last two weeks from the employee/staff area at the Dove Library.